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 * Copyright 2009 Huascar A. Sanchez                                        *
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package com.gotobject.filter.builders;

import com.gotobject.filter.predicate.Predicate;

/**
 * @author huascar.sanchez@gmail.com (Huascar A. Sanchez)
 * @param <T> bound type.
 */
public interface RestrictedFilteringBuilder<T> extends OrderedFilteringBuilder<T> {
    /**
     * defines which predicates will be applied to the elements to be filtered
     * in a master collection.
     * @param predicates
     *      predicates that will help select a subset of a given
     *      master collection.
     * @return
     *      a {@link OrderedFilteringBuilder} object.
     */
    OrderedFilteringBuilder<T> where(Predicate<? super T>... predicates);
}
